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Day 30 – Hopes for my blog

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Sonali

I started the 30 day blogging challenge as a personal motivation to write every day. I had no other expectation. Even when I was putting the topics together, I was sceptical. I did not know how I would go and whether I would be able to keep it up. But as I started writing, I…

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Day 29 – Highs and lows of the year

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Sonali

2020 has been a strange year for majority of the world. This is the first year, for most of us, when we experienced a pandemic and our freedoms were restricted because of that. Most of our generation, from the free world, has never seen a war. So all this was a shock to the system….

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Day 27 – Three lessons for my son

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Sonali

We all gain lessons from our lives and hope that our kids learn from our life lessons. It comes from wanting to protect them. But, some like my son, want to make their own mistakes and learn from it. Still, below are the three things I wish my son would learn from my life. Travel…

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Day 26 – How I started blogging!

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Sonali

This one will be a short one as it is not a big story. I have always been fond of writing. In fact, since a very young age I was called a story teller – in a good way! I usually got really good marks in languages as I. Hold write. But while I was…

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Day 25 – Lessons to my younger self

Posted on September 27, 2020 by Sonali

The original topic for this blog was “regrets in my life”. But frankly I don’t regret anything in life. They are life lessons which has shaped my journey and who I am as a person. Good, bad, ugly; every single decision has brought me where I am today and I am definitely happy about that….

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Day 24 – Two famous people who inspire me

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Sonali

I missed writing yesterday coz we had a power outage. It took us by surprise. Now in India we were always prepared. So power outage as not something out of the ordinary. Life went on! But here in Oz, it is not something we expect. So it is a bit chaotic, frantically looking for candles,…

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Day 21 – Something I miss

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Sonali

When I started writing, I misread “something” with “someone” and of course I started writing about how much I miss my family. But I stopped in time to re-read the topic. What I miss most is the food in india. Don’t get me wrong, I am very lucky to live in such a multicultural country…

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Day 19 – Importance of Education

Posted on September 20, 2020 by Sonali

Education involves teaching people various subjects, usually at a school or college, or being taught. Collins dictionary That is the official definition. But Education to me is so much more. In fact when I was reading about it, the best one I read was at ACS which stated “Effective education is a learning experience. Education…

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Day 17 – Earliest Memory

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Sonali

They say that your memories do not start till around the age of four. My earliest memory is slightly before that age. My first memory is of when I was three. It is a vivid memory which I can recall even today. My dad is a food scientist. He worked with Central government in India…

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Day 16 – A book I read over and over again

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Sonali

I am a voracious reader – I love books and they have been my constant companion from a young age. Over the years I have read a lot of books but there are some that remain firm favourite. And then there are some books I read over and over again and never get bored. I…

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